Author Archive for CheriBibi

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Toontown minus One

That’s it! One Toontown, Orlando’s Magic Kingdom’s Mickey’s Toontown Fair closed last week. This park will gain from this saddening closure but the 5 Kingdoms will lose. No attraction count alteration here for Toontown Fair didn’t share any attraction with its 2 counterparts. ‘The Barnstormer at Goofy’s Wiseacre Farm’ and Toontown Train Station which both [...]

Silver Spur Steakhouse

Paris’ Le Parc Disneyland holds many table service fine restaurants. So naturally only in its Thunder Mesa can you enjoy a fancy dinner in a location themed after the pricey premises of 19th century western America. It’s hard to find information about its ‘Storyline’ but it suits perfectly the one of Thunder Mesa, a striving [...]

2 Village Haus and 1 Chalet de la Marionnette

They are the largest and most popular dining location in any Fantasyland they inhabit and reccurently make it to almost every Kingdomers’ ‘Where do we eat? list! Only among them can you order your food in an italian village and go seat under a vast Pinnochio’s mural. They are to mountain urbanism what the Matterhorn [...]

A Kingdom Change.

What does this mean for the Kingdoms ? Not suprisingly, judging by the scale of this expansion, a lot! Let’s start with a bit of accounting: we are losing a Snow White’s Scary Adventure! So starting very soon, there will only be: 1 Snow White’s Scary Adventures in Disneyland, 1 Snow White Adventures in Tokyo [...]

Roy E. Disney 1930 – 2009

Sadness shall not walk in the Kingdoms, but this man fought for the persistence of their standards and much more, twice. One good life.

Mr Toad !

Mr Toad has been a prominent Disney character since its introducion… Early on it has been incoprorated in the magical Disneyland mix. Early visitors were able to ride crazy automobile in what quiclky became one of the most famous Disneyland attraction : Mr Toad’s Wild Ride ! Even though Walt Disney World lost its unique [...]

A 6th Kingdom.

That’s it, the Shanghai Disney project is official : we’re getting a new resort. Some feel sorry for it, some feel doubtful… I feel quiet happy. Happy because, no matter how many parks they choose to inflate this new resort with, this can only mean a new Kingdom for us. A Kingdom to wait for, [...]

2 Refreshment Corner and 2 Casey’s Corner

Sans titre

This Disney signature counter restaurants proudly bares its white and red colors in  two coastal states plus France and Japan : A corner, some hot dogs and plenty of Coca Cola, this article is about the 4 Refreshment Corners style restaurants of the 5 Magic Kingdoms.

Disneyland Paris Google Earth 3D finally on

That’s it, the long promised Google Earth modelization of Disneyland Paris is up and running. You can check it by opening your Google Earth software and go straight to Disneyland Paris after having checked the 3D Building box !  For all of you never having visited the french resort, rush to that marvel of communication !  Expect [...]

Plaza Gardens Stage

It all comes from a misplaced Bandstand. As everyone knows, on the blueprints of Disneyland, the bandstand was supposed to sit in the middle of Town Square for everyone to see it. But once the workers had put it down, Walt Disney realised it blocked the view to its Castle. 2 days before opening, Walt [...]